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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 

ELECTED IN JANUARY, 1827, FOR THE ENSUING YEAR. 



DAVID HOSACK, M. D. LL. D. President. 
PETER AUGUSTUS JAY, Esq. First Vice-President. 
Col. JOHN TRUMBULL, Second Vice-President. 
FREDERIC DE PEYSTER, Jr. Esq. Corresponding Secretary. 
BENJAMIN HAIGHT, Esq. Recording Secretary. 
JOHN PINTARD, Esq. Treasurer. 

STANDING COMMITTEE. 

ANTHONY BLEECKER, Esq. 
JOHN W. FRANCIS, M. D. 
GULIAN C. VERPLANCK, Esq. 
JOSEPH BLUNT, Esq. 
R. C. SANDS, Esq. 
J. E. DEKAY, M. D. 
WILLIAM GRACIE, Esq. 



Extract from the Minutes of the New- York Historical Society, 
January 13, 1827. 

On motion, Resolved, That Frederic De Peysteh, Jun. 

Esq. be requested to proceed to Albany, as the Agent of this 
Society, to solicit from the Legislature an appropriation for the 
relief of this Society, agreeably to the petition presented at the 
last session of the Legislature. 

Benjamin Haight, 
Recording Secretary. 



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said, the debt created as above mentioned, continued to 
increase by the accumulation of interest j by expenses una- 
voidably incurred in the due care of their library, manu- 
scripts, and other property, as well by the contingent costs 
and charges for repairing and suitably furnishing the apart- 
ments in which these effects are contained, and in the publi- 
cation, successively, of four several octavo volumes of 
Historical Collections, from the very interesting materials, 
deposited with other donations, presented to the society by 
public-spirited individuals, who facilitated their views by 
generous and extensive contributions. 

That in the year 1824, the President of Union College 
proposed to this institution to purchase the said grant of 
twelve thousand dollars (in expectancy,) for the immediate 
payment of eight thousand dollars ; and the society at that 
time being threatened by some of its creditors with a legal 
enforcement of their respective claims, in the extremity of 
their distress, acceded to the proposal, and accepted the 
latter sum, even at so great a sacrifice, and forthwith on 
the receipt of the said eight thousand dollars applied the 
whole of this money towards the liquidation of their debts 
— notwithstanding which payment, a considerable balance 
still remained due, occasioned chiefly by the heavy arrear- 
ages of interest. 

Your memorialists, in conclusion, respectfully represent, 
that the society has been officially notified of suits now 
about to be commenced against them for the recovery of 
the debt aforesaid, and that should such suits be prosecuted 
to judgment, and execution issue, the whole of their valu- 
able library and other property must be sacrificed at auc- 
tion ; — their collection of books, manuscripts, maps, and 
charts, relating to, and in elucidation of, the natural, civil, 
literar}', and ecclesiastical history of the United' States in 
general, and of this state in particular — a collection not ex- 
celled by any other of the kind in this country, and which 
in an especial manner has already been rendered eminently 
useful in furnishing materials to those who have added to 



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the reputation of our country, by their historical and lite- 
rary publications — will, to the manifest discredit of our 
state, its liberality and public spirit, be broken up and dis- 
persed beyond the hope or even possibility of recovery, 
and many of its important and inestimable records be, per- 
haps, irretrievably lost. 

That having no resources but in the liberality of the le- 
gislature, your memorialists now respectfully appeal to 
your honourable body for the means of relieving the soci- 
ety from its present embarrassments, by appropriating for 
this purpose, and in such manner as your wisdom may deem 
best, a sum equal to the interest which would have accrued, 
if the original grant to this society had been placed upon a 
similar footing with those made at the same time to other 
institutions. 

On behalf of your Memorialists, 

" The New-York Historical Society y* 

Frederic De Peystek, Jun. 
Corresponding Secretary. 

New- York, January 1827. 



REPORT OF THE SENATE. 

Report from the Committee on Literature on the Memorial of 

the New- York Historical Society. 

The Committee on Literature, to whom was referred the 
memorial of the New-York Historical Society, by Mr. 
Spencer, their chairman, report — 

In the yeaf 1809 this society was organized under an 
act of incorporation, by a number of public-spirited citi- 
zens, for the purpose of collecting and preserving books, 
manuscripts, coins, medals, paintings and engravings illus- 
trative of the history of our country, and particularly of 
this state. To this object so useful, indeed so necessary 
to the attainment of historical truth, and so entirely public 
in its design, the members devoted themselves with the 
most laudable zeal. They not only gratuitously bestowed 



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their time and exertions in the undertaking, but voluntarily 
subjected themselves to the payment of ten dollars on their 
becoming members and to an annual contribution, which 
for the first fifteen years was two dollars, and for the last 
two years has been four dollars. Their exertions were 
successful, and in 1814 the legislature, impressed with a 
sense of the great importance of the society and of its 
meritorious efforts, extended the munificence of the state 
towards it in conjunction with other literary institutions, by 
a grant of money from the proceeds of certain lotteries. 
Anticipating that a long time would probably elapse be- 
fore the lotteries would be drawn and the proceeds realized, 
the legislature also granted an amount equal to the interest 
on the sums bestowed, for a period not exceeding six years, 
to all those institutions except the Historical Society, which 
it is presumed was inadvertently omitted. The sum di- 
rected to be paid to that society from the proceeds of the 
lotteries, was twelve thousand dollars. The ofiicers of the 
society represent, that thus encouraged by the legislature, 
and " feeling themselves called upon by every motive of 
gratitude and of duty to proceed in the fulfilment of the 
expectations entertained by the public, and relying upon 
the prompt receipt of the funds bestowed," they were in- 
duced to purchase " a variety of rare and valuable books, 
which about that time happened to be in the city of New- 
York, under the idea that if the opportunity then presented 
was lost, the like might not again ever occur of securing so 
desirable and important an acquisition." With these views 
and under these circumstances, the society incurred a con- 
siderable debt, which your committee have every reason to 
believe was fairly and honestly deemed within the prospec- 
tive means of the institution to discharge, and which was 
incurred in a laudable effort to accomplish the objects for 
which the society was formed. The debt thus incurred, 
together with a previous one of fifteen hundred dollarsj 
which sum had been borrowed for the indispensable objects 
of the institution, constantly increased by the accumulation 



of interest, while the drawing of ihe lotteries was pro- 
tracted, and various diflicuUies occurred to postpone almost 
indefinitely the receipt of their proceeds. Under these 
discouraging circumstances, with a heavy debt constantly 
accumulating, and with little prospect of the receipt of the 
share in the proceeds of the lotteries belonging to the soci- 
ety, a proposition was made to it in 1824, to dispose of its 
claim on the lotteries for eight thousand dollars. The 
proposition could not be refused, it was accepted, and the 
money was applied to discharge those debts of the society 
which were most pressing. But this aid, even with the in- 
dividual contributions of the members, was insufficient to 
satisfy all the claims against the society. And notwith- 
standing the exertions thus made, the present debts amount 
to seven thousand five hundred dollars. The creditors 
seeing little prospect of payment, threaten legal proceed- 
ings to satisfy their claims by the sale of the property of 
the society. This property is represented to be worth 
much more than the amount of the debts. It consists of 
about 6000 volumes bound and in boards, besides pam- 
phlets, engravings, medals, coins, and paintings, most if 
not all of which are rare and valuable, and many of them 
cannot be replaced. 

The interest upon the sum of twelve thousand dollars 
for six years, which your committee cannot doubt the legis- 
lature intended to allow, would amount to five thousand 
and forty dollars. Although this would not be sufficient 
to discharge the debts of the society, yet your committee 
believe that if it were granted, on the condition of the ba- 
lance being raised by voluntary subscription or otherwise, 
by the society, some means could be devised to obtain the 
contributions of the wealthy and patriotic, to save from de- 
struction one of the most useful institutions in our state. 

Your committee are aware of the repugnance to appro- 
priate monies from the treasury. They would sedulously 
avoid any unnecessary expenditure, and would always wish 
to confine the public munificence to objects the most imme- 

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diately and practically useful. Such, they believe, are 
strictly the purposes and ends of the Historical Society. 
And they cannot contemplate the prospect of its dissolu- 
tion and the sacrifice of its valuable collections of books 
and manuscripts, some of them the donations of public-spi- 
rited citizens, without emotions of grief. They cannot be- 
lieve that the legislature of New-York, or the able and 
intelligent citizens of our state, will suffer one of the 
proudest monuments of our enterprise to perish for the 
want of the very small sum which will preserve it, and trans- 
mit it to our descendants. To posterity, the collections 
made by this society will be above all price. They can- 
not be made by individuals ; public institutions alone are 
competent to the object ; and after seventeen years em- 
ployed in gathering these materials, and after the expendi- 
ture of so much money, it would be a reflection on the 
liberality of the state to suppose that its public authorities 
or its citizens, would permit those materials to be scattered 
and for ever lost. Under these impressions, your commit- 
tee have instructed their chairman to introduce a bill for 
the relief of the Historical Society of New-York, by which 
it is proposed to allow to that society the sum of five thou- 
sand dollars, an amount nearly equal to six years' interest 
on the sum granted in 1814, to be applied to the discharge 
of its debts, on the condition of twenty-five hundred dollars 
being raised by the society. 



An Act for the relief of the New-York Historical Society. 

Passed March 1, 1827. 

BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, 
represented in Senate and Assembly, That upon satisfactory 
evidence being adduced to the comptroller, that the amount 
of debts due or owing by the New-York Historical Soci- 
ety has been reduced to the sum of five thousand dollars, 
or less, and that that sum will pay and discharge all debts 
and demands of every description against the said Society, 



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it shall be his duty to draw his warrant on the treasurer 
for the sum of five thousand dollars, who is hereby di- 
rected to pay the same to the proper officers of the said 
Society, upon receiving from them a bond to the people 
of this state, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, condi- 
tioned that the said sum of five thousand dollars shall be 
faithfully applied to the extinguishment of all debts and 
demands, of every description, against the said Society ; 
and that an account of the application of the said sum, 
with satisfactory vouchers, shall be rendered to the comp- 
troller within one year from the date of such bond ; and 
the said sum of five thousand dollars shall be deemed and 
taken to be a full satisfaction and discharge of all claims 
of the said Society for any interest upon any monies here- 
tofore granted. 

State of New- York, Secretary's Office. 

I certify the preceding- to be a true copy of an original Act 
of the Legislature of this Stale, on file in tliis oflice. 

Archibald Campbell, 
Deputy Secretary. 
Albany, March 1, 1827. 



At a stated Meeting of the New-York IJistorical Society held 
March 13, 1827, upon presenting the recent act of the Legisla- 
ture passed for the relief of the Society, tlie President, Dr. Da- 
vid HosACK, moved the following resolutions, which were pre- 
faced with an appropriate Address, and on motion a copy of the 
same was requested, and ordered to be published in the daily 

papers. 

Benjamin Haight, Secretary. 

GENTLEMEN, 

The bounty of an enlightened and liberal 
Legislature enables us to meet at this time under 
more favourable auspices than we have done for 
many years past. 



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The notice which has been taken of the de- 
pressed condition of this Institution by the Gover- 
nor in his last and preceding messages, — the pa- 
tient attention which has been bestowed upon this 
subject by the Senate and Assembly — the care 
with which the circumstances involving the soci- 
ety, in its pecuniary embarrassments, have been 
investigated by the committees of both houses, 
and the provision that has been subsequently 
made for its relief, at the same time that they re- 
flect the highest credit upon the zeal and intelli- 
gence which characterize the Legislature of the 
present year, impose upon us a debt of gratitude 
which cannot fail to awaken a spirit of enterprise 
and activity in every member of this institution. 

Permit me, on tliis occasion, to ask your zealous 
co-operation and aid in carrying into effect the 
objects for which this society was originally found- 
ed, and to manifest our gratitude to the munificent 
councils of the state by a diligent and faithful dis- 
charge of the duties we have assumed. 

Although, by a combination of circumstances, 
which no human sagacity could foresee, we fell 
into embarrassments, from w hich we are only now 
to be released, we may look back to what has been 
done by this society with a degree of satisfaction 
and pride. This society was instituted in 1804, 
and incorporated in 1809. Since that time it has 
amassed a library of great extent and value, con- 
sisting of about 6000 volumes, and among these 
are an entire series of the legislative acts and pro- 
ceedings of this state, the value of which will be 
duly appreciated, when it is remembered, that it 
is the only one extant — an entire copy of the Mo- 



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niteur, of Rymer's Foedera, and a long series of 
public journals, also constitute a part of this col- 
lection. And although the library contains many 
volumes, the subjects of which do not immediately 
apply to the purpose for which the society was in- 
stituted, it embraces many valuable works, which 
no industry or research could replace, and which, 
by the relief now to be afforded us, we shall be 
enabled to retain unbroken. 

Our list of newspapers is extensive, and many 
of them among the earliest which have been pub- 
lished in this country. Among these are the Boston 
JVews Letter., printed in 1 704,the first paper issued in 
this country ; the JVew-York Post Boy, and a series 
of the first JYew-York Daily Advertiser^ in which, and 
in which only, is to be found an account of the de- 
bates of the Convention which formed the former 
constitution of this state. In addition, a most 
valuable collection of the earliest pamphlets, pub- 
lished in this and the New-England states, and 
illustrative of their early settlement, also consti- 
tute a part of the property of this society. Nor must 
we omit to mention the extensive and valuable ca- 
binet of coins and medals, presented to this soci- 
ety by the heirs of the Rev. Dr. Kunze, the late 
professor of Oriental literature in Columbia Col- 
lege. This, in common with those medals received 
from other sources, largely contributes to the re- 
putation and usefulness of this institution. The 
value of this cabinet will be more correctly esti- 
mated when it is considered, that its foundation 
was laid by the illustrious Priestley. 

Our MSS. documents surpass, in value and ex- 
tent, perhaps, any similar collection in the United 



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States, and wilf be immediately augmented, in con- 
sequence of the permanent character this institu- 
tion is now to assume, when freed from the debt 
with which it has been incumbered, and which has 
hitherto impeded its progress. The manuscript 
papers of Lieul. Governor Golden, of Gen. Gates, 
and of Gen. Schuyler, and those collected by the 
Rev. Dr. Samuel Miller, which are among the ar- 
chives of this society, constitute precious mate- 
rials for the future historian of this commonwealth. 
Three volumes of the Collections of this Society 
had been issued under the direction of this Institu- 
tion prior to its late embarrassments ; but within 
a few months we have been enabled, through the 
kind offices of Gov. Clinton, to open a correspon- 
dence with the Hon. Wm. II. Smith, son of the 
late distinguished liistorian of New-York, the 
Chief Justice of Canada. Upon making known 
to Mr. Smith the objects of this society, he with 
great liberality, has presented the MSS. continua- 
tion of the History of the province of New-York, 
as it had been left by his father, embracing a pe- 
riod of 30 years, viz. from 1732 to 1762.— This 
has been printed as the 4th volume of our collec- 
tions, and is now ready for delivery. I am grati- 
fied to add, that a recent communication from Mr. 
Smith, (now in London,) enables me to inform you 
that the society will also, in a short time, receive 
from that gentleman, a valuable collection of the 
MSS.notes, and observations made by his father, as 
addenda to his first published History. These 
will enable the society to issue a new and improved 
edition of the entire History of New-York, down 
to the period mentioned — to which will be prefixed 



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an engraving, from a portrait of the author, now 
presented by the same liberal hand, for your ac- 
ceptance. 

Upon perusing the recent act of the state, it will 
be perceived that the terms upon which this muni- 
ficent donation has been granted, make it incum- 
bent upon the society to cause to be raised by 
voluntary subscription, an additional sum of mo- 
ney, sufficient, with the grant of the state, to liqui- 
date all the demands which exist against this insti- 
tution. 

From a conversation with several of my friends, 
members of this society, and others, I am induced 
to believe that the same spirit of liberality which 
has animated the legislature in the act referred to, 
will be manifested by our citizens, and that we 
shall, thereby, be enabled to raise what may be 
necessary for this purpose, and hereafter pro- 
ceed to extend the usefulness of this institution 
unembarrassed by financial difficulties, alike op- 
pressive and injurious to public as to private en- 
terprise. The members of the society, I am also per- 
suaded, will contribute their full proportion of the 
amount necessary to obtain from the treasury the 
sum which has been appropriated by the state. 

In expressing our gratitude for the generous act 
which the legislature has passed during its present 
session, I beg leave to submit to your considera- 
tion the following resolutions : 

1st. That the thanks of this Society be transmitted to the Go- 
vernor, for his attention to the interests of this Society. 

2d. That the thanks of this Society be presented to the Ho- 
norable the Legislature of this State, for the liberal donation they 
have recently granted to this Institution. 



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3d. That the members of both houses of the Legislature be, 
and are hereby invited, to visit the library of this Society, when- 
ever they may visit the city. 

4 th. That the thanks of the Society be presented to Frederic 
De Peyster, Jun. Esq. for his zealous, efficient, and disinterested 
services in proceeding to Albany and presenting to the Legisla- 
ture the claims of the Society. 

Before we separate, gentlemen, allow me to 
communicate to jou the painful intelligence of the 
death of one of the members of this society, Mr. 
Anthony Bleecker. 

Independently of his high character as a gen- 
tleman, and member of the bar, his long-continued 
attention to the interests of literature and of this 
institution in particular, of which he was one of 
the original members, entitle him to our grateful 
remembrance. 

As an evidence of our regard, and in considera- 
tion of his valuable services, it is proposed that 
the members of the society attend his funeral on 
Wednesday the 14th inst. at 5 o'clock, and wear 
the customary badge of mourning for thirty days. 



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Extract from the Minutes of the New- York Historical Society, 
March 13, 1827. 

On motion of the President, seconded by Col. Trumbull — 

Resolved, That the thanks of this Society be transmitted to 
the Governor for his attention to the interests of this Society. 

Resolved, That the thanks of this Society be presented to the 
Honourable the Legislature of this State, for the liberal dona- 
tion they have recently granted to this Institution. 

Resolved, That the members of both houses of the Legisla- 
ture be, and are hereby, invited to visit the library of this Society 
whenever they may be in the city. 

Resolved, That the thanks of this Society be presented to 
Frederic De Peyster, Jun. Esq. for his zealous, efficient, and 
disinterested services in proceeding to Albany and presenting to 
the Legislature the claims of this Society. 

Benjamin Haight, 
Recording Secretary. 



MEMBERS 



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THE NEW- YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY 



RESIDENT MEMBERS. 

*Abeel, Rev. John Neilson, D. D. 

Anderson, Henry F., M. D., Professor of Mathematics, Co- 
lumbia College. 

Anderson, Abel J. 

Anthon, Charles, adjunct Professor of Latin and Greek Lan- 
guages in Columbia College. 

Anthon John, Esq. 

Arcularius, George 

Baldwin, Charles, Esq. 

*Bard, Samuel, M. D. late President of the College of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons. * 

Barretto, Francis, Jun. 

*Bassett, Rev. John, D. D. Bushwick, New- York. 

Bayard, Samuel, New- Jersey. 

*Bayard, William 

Beck, Romeyn T., M. D. Albany, Professor of the Practice of 
Physic in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Fairfieldo 

Beck, John B., M. D. Professor of Materia Mcdica and Botany 
in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New- York. 

Benson, Egbert, LL.D. late President of the Society, New- York. 

*Berrian, Samuel, New- York. 

Blackwcll, Joseph 

■*Bleecker, Anthony, Esq. 

Bleecker, William 

Bliss, James C, M. D. 

Blunt, Joseph C, Esq. 

Bogart, Rev. David S. 

*Bowden, Rev. John, D. D. late Professor of Belles Lettres in 
Columbia College. 



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Bowen, Eight Rev. Nathaniel, D.D. Bishop of South Carolina. 

Boyd, Samuel, Esq. 

*Bracket, Joseph W., Esq. 

Bradish, Luther, Esq. 

Brinkerhoff, George, Esq. 

Bronsonj Oliver C. 

Brown, Francis 

Brown, Thomas 

*Bruce, ArchiW M, M. D. 

Bruen, GeorgeL^ 
Bucchanan, Walter W. , M. D. 

Campbell, James, Surrogate of the City and County of New- 
York. 
Campbell, John D. 
Chester, Rev. John, D. D., Albany. 
Chauncey, Isaac, Captain in the United States Navy. 
Clark, Gerardus, Esq. 
Clark, Thomas 
*Clarkson, General Matthew 

Clinton, De Witt, LL.D. Governor of the State of New-York. 
*Clinton, George, Jun. 
Clowes, Rev. Timothy, Maryland. 
Colden, Cadwallader D., LL.D. 
Coles, Benjamin U. 
Coles, Isaac U. 
Cooper, WilUam 
Collins, Thomas 
Collins, Stacy B. 
Cruger, Bertram P. 
* Cutting, William, Esq. 

Darby, William, Pennsylvania. 

Delafield, Edward, M. D. Professor of Obstetrics and the Dis- 
eases of Women and Children in the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons, New- York. 

De Peyster, Frederic 

De Peyster, Frederic, Jun. Esq. 

*Depuy, Cornelius E., M. D. 



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*Dodge, Henry S., Esq. 
Ducachet, Rev. Henry W., M. D, 
Durand, A. J3. 
*Dyckman, Jacob, M. D. 

Eastburn, James 

Eddy, Caspar W., M. D. 

*Eddy, John H. 

Eddy, Thomas 

Edgar, William, Jun. 

*Edgar, William, Sen. 

Ely, Isaac M.,Esq. 

Emmet, Thomas A., Esq. 

Emmet, Thomas A., Jun. Esq. 

Farmer, Henry T., M.D. South Carohna. 

Fessenden, Thomas, Esq. 

*Fish, Whitehead 

Fish, Jonathan, Esq. 

Floyd, Augustus, Esq. 

*Forbes, John, former City Librarian. 

Francis, John W., M.D. Professor of Obstetrics and Forensic 

Medicine in Rutgers Medical College. 
Francis, Henry M. M. D. 
Frost, Robert W. 
*Fulton, Robert, Esq. 

Gahn, Henry, Esq. Swedish Consul. 
Gardner, Colonel Charles K. 
Gardiner, Samuel S., Esq. 
Gelston, Maltby, Esq. 
Gibbs, George, Esq. 
Goodhue, Jonathan 
Goodrich, A. T. 
Gracie, Robert, Esq. 
Gracie, Wilham, Esq. 
Graham, John Andrews, Esq. 
Graham, John L. Esq. 
Graves, Roswell, M. D. 



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Greenhow, Robert, M. D. . „ ,, 

Griscom, John, LL.D. Professor of Chemistry in Rutgers Mo^ 

dical College. 

Haight, Benjamin, Esq. 

Hamilton, John C, Esq. '. ^ „ 

Harris, Rev. William, D.D., President of Columbia College, 

*Henderson, William 

*Hawkins, Colonel Samuel 

Herring, Thomas 

Hicks, Elias B. 

Hillhouse, James 

Hobart, Right Reverend John H., D.D., Bishop of the Pro- 
testant Episcopal Church of New- York. 

Hoffman, Josiah O. Esq. 

Hoffman, Ogden, Esq. 

Holly, O. L. 

Hopkins, Samuel M. Esq. Ontario County, New-York. 

Hone, Philip, late Mayor of New- York. 

Hone, John, Jun. _^ 

Hosack, David, M.D. F.R.S. President of the Medical Fa^ 

culty of Rutgers College. 
Hosack, Alexander, M. D. 
Hunn, John S. 

Jay, John, Esq. late Governor of the State, Chief Justice of 

the United States, &c. 
Jay, Peter A., Esq. 
Jarvis, John W. 

Jarvis, Rev. Samuel F., D. D., Boston. 
Johnson, WiUiam, Esq. 
Johnson, Samuel, Esq. 
Jones, George 
*Jones, Samuel, Sen., Esq., Oysterbay, Queen's, New- York. 

Jones, Samuel, Jun., Esq. Chancellor of the State of New- York. 

Jones, Samuel W., Esq. 

Jones, Rev. Cave 

*Jones, John Q., Esq. 

Irving, Washington, Esq. 

Ireland, W. M. 

Ives, Ansell W., M.D. 



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Kearney, John W. 

*Kemp, John, LL.D Professor of Mathematics, Columbia Col- 
lege. 

Kent, James, LL.D. former Chancellor of the State of New- 
York. 

Kcrmit, Henry 

Ketcham, Hiram, Esq. 

King, Rufus, LL.D. Jatc Senator in the Congress of the United 
States. 

King, Frederick G.,M,D. 

King, Charles, Esq. 

King, John A., Esq. 

*Kunze, Rev. John C, D. D. 

Lawrence, Augustus H. 

Lawrence, William 

Lawrence, John 

Lawrence, William B. 

Lewis, Zachariah 

*Linn, Rev. William, D. D. 

*Livingston, Brockholst, LL.D., late Judge of the Supremo 

Court of the United States. 
Livingston, John R., Esq. 
Livingston, Robert R., Esq. 
Livingston, Edward, Esq, 
Livingston, Edward P., Esq. 
Lorillard, Jacob ^ 

Lett, Abraham 
Lynch, Jasper, Esq. 
Lecount, John, F. L. S. 
Ludlow, John C, Esq. 

Macomb, Robert, Esq. 
Mason, Rev. John M., D. D. 
Maxwell, Hugh, Esq., District Attorney. 
Matthews, Rev. James M. 

Macneven, William James, M. D. , Professor of Theravcu..-- 
and Materia Medica, Rutgers Medical College. 



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M'Kcsson, John, Esq. 

M'Leod, Rev. Alexander, D. D. 

Merccin, Thomas R., Esq. 

Meigs, Henry, Esq. 

Miller, Rev. Samuel, D. D. Professor of Theology, Princeton 

College, New-Jersey. 
*Miller, Edward, M. D. 

Miller, Sylvanus, Esq., Public Administrator of the city of New- 
York. 
Milnor, Rev. James, D. D. 

Mitchill, Samuel L., M.D. LL.D. Vice-President of the Me- 
dical Faculty of Rutgers College. 
*Moore, Right Rev. Benjamin, D. D. late Bishop of the State, 

and President of Columbia College. 
Moore, Clement C, Esq. 

*Morris, Gouverneur, Esq. late President of the Society. 
Morris, Thomas, Esq. 
Morton, General Jacob 
Mulligan, John W., Esq. 
Mumford, GurdonS., Esq. 
Murray, George W., M.D, 
Murray,' John R., Esq. 
Murray, John, Jun. 
Myer, John, Esq. 

Neilson, John, Jun., M. D. 
Neilson, William, Jun. 
Noah, Mordecai M., Esq. 

Ogden, David B., Esq. 
Ogden, Thomas L., Esq. 
Onderdonk, Rev. Benjamin T. 
*Osborn, John C, M.D. 

Paterson, Matthew C, Esq. 
Paulding, Nathaniel, Esq. 
Paulding, James K. 
Paulding, William, Jun. 



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*Pendleton, Nathaniel, Esq. 
Pendleton, Edmund H., Esq. 
Pendleton, James, M. D. 
Pennel, Richard I., M. D. 
*Pcrkin5, Benjamin D. 
Perkins, Cyrus, M. D. 
Pierce, James 
Pintard, John, LL.D. 
*Platt, James Kent, M. D. 
Post, Wright, M. D. 
Price, William M., Esq. 

Quitman, Frederick H., M. D., Dutchess, New- York. 

RadclifF, Jacob, Esq. 

Ray, Richard, Esq. 

Remmey, John 

Renwick, James, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Columbia 

College. 
Riker, Richard, Esq. Recorder of New- York. 
Riley, Captain James 
Rodgers, Benjamin W. 
Rodgers, John K., M. D. 
*Romeyn, Rev. John B., D. D. 
Roosevelt, Isaac, M. D. 
*Ross, William M., M.D. ' ' 

Rutherford, John 

Sackett, Clarence D. 

Sampson, William, Esq. 

Sanford, Nathan, Esq., Senator in Congress. 

Sands, Robert C, Esq. 

Schaeffer, Rev. T. C. 

Schultz, Christian, Jun. 

*Seaman, John E. 

Sebring, Isaac 

Sedgwick, Robert, Esq. 

Sherman, Alpheus, E-sq. 

Smith, James, Esq. 



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Smith, John A., M. D., Professor of Anatomy, College of Phy 

sicians and Surgeons, New- York. 
Smith, Joseph M., M. D., Professor of the Practice of Physic, 

Collefye of Physicians and Surgeons, New-York. 
Smith, Lemuel 

Spafford, Horatio Gates, Albany. 
*Spalding, Lyman, M. D. 
Stevens, Alexander H., M. D., Professor of Surgery, College of 

Physicians and Surgeons, New-York. 
Stevenson, John B., M. D. 
Stewart, James B., M. D. , Albany. 
Stone, William L. 
*Stoughton, James, Esq. 
Stuyvesant, Peter G., Esq. 
Swords, James 

*Tallmadge, Matthias B., late Judge of the S. District of N. Y. 

Taylor, Rev. William 

Thompson, James 

Thomas, Robert 

Thompson, William A., Esq. 

Thompson, Jeremiah 

*Tompkins, Daniel D., late Vice-President of the United States. 

Torrey, John, M. D., Professor of Chemistry, West-Point. 

Townsend, Peter S., M. D., Registrar of Rutgers Medical Col- 
lege. 

Trumbull, Colonel John, President of the Academy of Arts and 
Sciences. 

Troup, Charles G., Esq. 

Van Courtlandt, Philip, Esq., West-Chester. 

Vanden Heuvel, Jacob, Esq. 

*Van Ness, William P., late Judge of the S. District of N. Y. 

Van Rensselaer, Stephen, Esq., Member of Congress, Albany. 

Van Rensselaer, WiUiam 

Van Schaick, Garrit C. 

Varick, Richard, Esq. 

Verplanck, Johnston 

Verplanck, Gulian C, Esq., Member of Congress. 



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Wainwright, Rev. 3.M. 

Warren, W., M. D. 

Ward, Richard R., Esq. 

Watts, John, M. D., President of tlie College of Physicans and 

Surgeons, New-York. 
*Wells, John, Esq. 
Weeks, Ezra 
Wheaton, Henry, Esq. 
Wilson, James * 

Wilson, George, Esq. 

*Wilson, Peter, LL.D. Emeritus Professor in Columbia College. 
Wilkes, Charles 

♦Williamson, Hugh, M. D., LL.D. 
*Williams, Jonathan, Esq. 
Willet, Marinus, Esq. 
Winthrop, Francis, B., Esq. 
Wolcott, Oliver, Governor of Connecticut. 
Woolsey, William 
Woolsey, John 
Wright, Amaziah W. 
Wright, William 
Wyman John W., Esq., Police Magistrate. 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 

*Adams, John, Esq., LL.D., late President of the United States, 

Massachusetts. 
Adams, John Q., Esq., President of the United States, Mass. 
Allen, Rev. William, Massachusetts. 

Alden, Rev. Timothy, President of Alleghany College, Penn. 
Alston, Washington R. A., Boston. 
Aspinvi^all, Thomas, Esq., American Consul, London. 

*Bacchus, Rev. Azel, D. D. 

*Banks, Sir Joseph, London. 

Barstow, Gamaliel H., M. D., Assembly N. Y. 

Beck, Lewis C, M. D., Albany. 



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*Bentley, Rev. William, LL.D., Massachusetts. 

Binney, Horace, Esq., Pliiladelphia. 

Birdseye, Victory, Senate N. Y. 

Blatchford, Rev. Samuel, D. D., Lansingburgh, 

Blatchford, Rev. Henry, New-Jersey. 

Bostock, John, M. D., F.R.S., London. 

*Boudinot, Elias, LL.D, New-Jersey. 

Boudinot, Elisha, Esq., New- Jersey. 

Bowditch, Nathaniel, LL.D., F. R. S., Massachusetts. 

Brande, W. T., F. R. S., London. 

Brown, General Jacob, Washington. 

Brewster, David, LL.D., F. R. S., Edinburgh. 

Brackenbridge, Henry M., Esq. 

*Brown, Charles B., Philadelphia. 

Bosman, John L., Esq., Baltimore. 

Bradford, Alden, Esq., Boston. 

Buchan, Earl of, Edinburgh. 

*Buckminster, Joseph S., D. D., Boston. 

Buckhn, David ^Y., Assembly N. Y., Jefferson county. 

Carroll, Charles H., Senate N. Y. 

Carter, Nathaniel 

Chase, Right Rev. Philander, D. D., Bishop of Ohio. 

Chauncey, Charles, Connecticut. 

*Chisholm, Colin, M. D., F. R.S., England. 

Coffin, Rev. Charles, Tennessee. 

Cogswell, Joseph, Esq., Massachusetts. • 

Cooper, Thomas, M. D.. President of South Carolina College. 

Cochran, Rev. William, D. D., Nova Scotia. 

Croswell, E., Albany. 

Craig, John, Washington county. 

Davis, John, LL.D., Massachusetts. 

Davidson, Richard, M. D., New-Orleans. 

Delile, Alire R., M. D., Montpelier. 

De Jonnes, Moreau, Paris. 

Dickerson, Mahlon, Esq., Senator in Congress, New- Jersey. 

Dinsrnore, Silas, Esq., Alabama. 

Duponceau, Peter S., LL.D., Philadelphia. 



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Duer, William A., Esq., Judge Third Circuit N. Y. 
*Dwight, Timothy, D. D., LL.D., late President of Yale Col- 
lege, Connecticut, 
Dwight, Theodore, >Esq. 
Dunbar, Rev. Elijah, Massachusetts, 
Duncan, Andrew, M. D., Edinburgh. 

Eddy Samuel, Rhode-Island. 
Elliot, Rev. John, D. D., Massachusetts. 
*Ebeling, Christopher D., LL.D., Hamburgh. 
Evans, David E., H. R. U. S., Batavia. 

Farmer, John, New-Hampshire. 

Featherstonhaugh, George W., Esq., Duanesburgh, New- York. 

Flagg, A. C, Secretary of State New-York. 

Foote, Elial T., M. D., Assembly N. Y. 

Freeman, Rev. Jonathan, Massachusetts. 

French, Rev. James, Massachusetts. 

Fromentin, E., Esq., Louisiana, 

*Gahn, Henry, M. D., Stockholm, Sweden. 

Galusha, Jonas, late Governor of Vermont. 

Garden, Alexander, Esq., South Carolina. 

Green, Rev. Ashbel, D.D., former President of Princeton Col. 

Gregoire, Abbe, Paris. 

*Gore, Christopher, Esq., LL.D., Boston. 

*Gpod, John M., F. R. S., London. 

Gorham, John, M. D., Professor in Harvard University, Boston. 

Greig, John, Canandaigua, Ontario county. 

Gardner, David, Assembly New- York. 

Granger, Francis, Assembly New- York. 

Hay, William, Jun. Warren county, Member of Assembly. 

Hawley, Gideon, Esq., Albany. 

Hunt, Montgomery, Utica. 

Hall, John E. Esq., Philadelphia. 

Harris, Rev. Thaddeus M. Massachusetts. 

Haygarth, John, M.D., F.R.S., England. 

Hazard, Ebenezer, Pennsylvania. 

Harbey, Isaac South Carolina. 



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Henry, William, M.D., F.R. S., Manchester. 
Holmes, Rev. Abiel, D. D., Massachusetts. 
Hurlbut, M. L., South Carolina. 

Ives, Eli, M. D., Professor in Yale College, New Haven. 

James, Thomas C, M.D., Philadelphia. 
Jackson, James, Massachusetts. 
Jamieson, Robert, F. R. S., Edinburgh. 
Jameson, Robert, D. D., Edinburgh. 
Jeffrey, Francis, Esq., Edinburgh. 

* Jefferson, Thomas, Esq., LL.D. late President of the United 

States, Virginia. 
Jordan, A. L., Hudson, Senate N. Y. 
Jones, Samuel, Esq., Chancellor of the State, Albany. 
Johnson, Alexander B., Utica. 
Johnson, William, LL.D., South Carolina. 

* Johnson, William S.,LL.D., Cormecticut. 
Jones, Edward Gooden, M. D., London. 

Kirkland, Joseph, Utica. 

Kirkland, Rev. John T., D. D., LL.D., Massachusetts. 

Kemper, John Melchior, Leyden. 

Kendall, Rev. James, Massachusetts. 

La Fayette, General 

La Fayette, George W. 

Lansing, Derick, D. D., Auburn, Cayuga county. 

Lambrechtsen, N. C, Holland. 

Lee, William, Esq., Washington. 

Lewis, Morgan, Esq., former Governor of the State of N. Y. 

Lowell, Rev. Charles, Massachusetts. 

L'Escallier, Baron, Paris. 

Madison, James, LL.D., former President of the United States, 

Virginia. 
Marbois, Barbie, Paris. 

Marey, William L., Esq., Comptroller, Albany. 
M'Clure, William, Philadelphia. 



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M'Kean, Rev. Jo»e,)b, D. D., Massachusetts. 

Mease, James, D. D., Philadelphia. 

Mellen, John, Esq., Massachusetts. 

Michaux, Andre, Paris. 

Monroe, James, LL.D., former President of the United States, 

Virginia. 
Mosely, Daniel, Assembly N. Y., Onondaga. 
*Morse, Rev. Jedediah, D. D., Massachusetts. 
*Muhlenburgh, Rev. Henry, D. D., Pennsylvania. 
*Murray, Lindley, York, England. 

Kevins, Samuel, Washington county. 
Niel, Patrick, F. R. S., Edinburgh. 

Nott, Rev. Eliphalet, D. D., President of Union College, Sche- 
nectady, New-York. 

Oakley, Thomas J., II. R. U. S., Poughkeepsie. 
Ogden, Aaron, Esq., New- Jersey. 
Ogilvie, Rev. J. G. 
Ombrosi, James, Florence 

*Peck, William D., Massachusetts. 
Pearson, George, M. D., F. R. S., London. 
Persoon, Charles II., Paris. 
Pickering, 'J'imothy, LL.D., Massachusetts. 
Pitcher, Nathaniel, Lieutenant Governor N. Y. 
Plumer, William, Governor of New-Hampshire. 
Porter, Peter B., Black Rock, Erie county. 
Prince, Rev. John, Massachusetts. 
Putnam, Rufus, Esq., Ohio. 

Quincy, Josiah, Esq., Mayor of Boston. 

*Ramsey, David, M. D., South Carolina. 

Randolph, Edward, South Carolina. 

Rawle, William, Esq., Philadelphia. 

Root, Erastus, Speaker of Assembly N. Y., Delhi. 

Roscoe, William, F. R. S., Liverpool. 

*Rush, Benjamin, M. D., LL.D., Philadelphia. 



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Rush, Richard, LL.D., Secretary of the Treasury. 
Rudd, John C, D. D., Auburn, Cayuga comity. 
*Rumford, Benjanuii, Count, Paris. 

Sabine, Edward, F. R. S., Captain in the British Navy. 

Sabine, Joseph, F. R.S., London. 

Schaefl'er, Rev. F. D. 

Savage, John, Esq., Chief Justice S. C. New-York, Albany. 

*Sha\v, William S., Boston. 

Sill, Theodore, Assembly N. Y., Oneida. 

Simond, Louis, Edinburgh. 

Sinclair, John, Edinburgh. 

Sihith, Gerrit, Peterboro', Madison county. 

*Sinith, James E., M. D., London. 

*Smitli, Rev. Samuel S., D. D., LL.D., late President of 

Princeton College. 
Smith, William, Esq., Canada. 

Spencer, Ambrose, Esq., late Chief Justice S. C. New-York. 
Spencer, John C, Senate N. Y., Canandaigua. 
Starkweather, Samuel, Assembly N. Y., Otsego county. 
Southey, Robert, Esq. England. 
Stockton, Richard, LL.D., New-Jersey. 
Storey, Joseph, LL.D., Judge of the Supreme Court of the 

United States, Massachusetts. 
Stebbins, Charles, Senate N. Y., Madison. 
Stevens, Samuel, Assembly N. Y., Washington. 
Stewart, Captain J., United States Navy. 
Sutherland, Jacob, Esq., Justice S. C. New- York. 
Swainson, William, Liverpool. 

Taylor, John, late Lieutenant Governor state of New-York. 
Taylor, Rev. William 

Taylor, John W., Speaker H. R. U. S., Saratoga county. 
Tallmadge, James, Jun., former Lieutenant Governor of the 

State of New- York. 
Talcott, Samuel A., Attorney General, Albany. 
Tracy, Albert W., Bulfaloe. 
Thacher, James, M, D., Plymouth, Massachusetts. 



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Yanderkemp, Francis Adrian 
Vaughan, Benjamin, Esq., Maine. 
Vaughan, Jolin, Esq., Piuladelphia. 
Vaughan, William, Esq., F. R. S., London. 
Vaux, Roberts, Esq., Philadelphia. 
Viele, John L., Senate, N. Y., Waterford. 
Van Beuren, Martin, Esq., Senate U. S. 
Van Schaack, Peter, LL.D., Kinderhook. 

Walsh, Robert, LL.D., Philadelphia. 
Wallace, Joshua M., New-York. 
Wadsworth, James, Geneseo, Livingston county. 
Waterman, Thomas G., Senate N. Y., Broome county. 
Warden, D. B., Paris. 

Watson, L T., Esq., Germantown, Pennsylvania. 
Webster, Noah, Connecticut. 
Williams, Rev. Samuel, Vermont. 
Williams, Nathan, Judge Fifth Circuit, N. Y., Utica. 
Williams, Stephen W., Massachusetts. 
Wilson, Rev. Joshua L., Ohio. 
Wilkeson, Samuel, Senate N. Y. 

*Wistar, Caspar, M. D., late President of the American Philo- 
sophical Society, Philadelphia. 
Winthrop, William, Philadelphia. 
Winthrop, James, Massachusetts. 
Wood, Silas, H. R. U. S., Long-Island. 
Woodworth, John, Judge S. Court, Albany. 
Vf right, Silas, Jun., H. R. U. S. , Ogdensburgh. 

Yeats, G. D., M. D., F. R. S., London. 
Young, Samuel, Esq. 



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